Austarion

Gday All,

Just wondering if anyone is using gas struts on their bonnet and if so which ones did you use?

Cheers,
Neil

Yes, motocam 360 kit.

Here's the link
http://forums.austarion.com/viewtopic.php?t=14417
And I believe alspos has done a how to fit post as well! :beer

And here'sthe install thread

And one more thing. I have since swapped the struts up the other way, so the shaft end is the lower. I saw this mentioned on SQC or somewhere, just prevents dust sitting on hte top edge of hte strut body which could damage the shaft.

I'll second that - excellent kit.

Sweet, thanks guys!

I just couldn't justify the US$120 price tag of the Motocam360 kit (although was very tempted), so I got myself a set of struts of ebay (~$25) and set off to Bunnings and got myself some aluminium angle. Half an hour later with a jigsaw and drill and I had my own DIY bonnet strut kit (which even works!). Hopefully no copyright inrfingements have occurred






Link to FaceTube video of bonnet actually opening.....(please excuse the peeling paint...)

http://youtu.be/IzQpJhGjeIo

Very nice. I might do the same. Can you link to the ebay struts you used? Thanks

The ones I got don't seem to be listed anymore but they were pretty much the same as these ones:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0744629131

One thing to note is that one of the ball ends comes on a bad-a$$ threaded screw type arrangement (opposed to the other end which has the expected bolt/nut config). I just used a 1/4" nylock nut on it but would suggest to try and find a kit with the bolt/nut on both ends.

Thanks, yeah I was looking at them earlier and thought that would be best.

I installed the 360 ones and they work a treat, so strong and open the bonnet very wide.